Former Nine Entertainment chief executive Hugh Marks has been appointed as the new managing director of the ABC and has signalled the national broadcaster will need to "make choices" about its priorities to maintain the quality of its news and programs.



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Hugh Marks is the ABC’s new managing director, replacing David Anderson, who announced his departure in August after six years in the role.

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Former Nine Entertainment chief executive Hugh Marks has been appointed as the new managing director of the ABC.

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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has announced the appointment of former Nine Entertainment president Hugh Marks as its new managing director.

澳大利亞廣播公司（ABC，澳廣）宣布任命前九號娛樂公司（Nine Entertainment）總裁休·馬克斯（Hugh Marks）為新任董事總經理。

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Former Nine Entertainment CEO Hugh Marks has been appointed the new managing director of Australia’s national public broadcaster, with his tenure beginning in March 2025.
The announcement was made by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) Chair Kim Williams on Dec. 17, following a unanimous decision by its Board after a domestic and international search.
Marks will succeed David Anderson, who stepped down from the post on Aug. 22, 2024.…

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Hugh Marks has been named as Managing Director of the ABC in Australia. The seasoned executive has been unanimously appointed to the role by the ABC board following an “extensive and international search.” This also makes him Editor-in-Chief, ultimately responsible for the broadcaster’s output. Marks replaces David Anderson, who resigned in August, a year into […]

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Hugh Marks, the former CEO of Nine, has been announced as the new managing director of the ABC.Marks, who departed Nine in 2021, will start his five-year term on March 10, 2025, replacing outgoing managing director David Anderson.It follows Marks' three-year tenure at Dreamchaser, an Australian content studio he co-founded and co-led.READ MORE: We still know 'virtually nothing' about creature that almost killed Rachael﻿ABC chair Kim Williams sai…

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Aspects of Hugh Marks’s record as chief executive of the Nine Entertainment Company raise questions about his suitability for the position of managing director of the ABC, to which he has just been appointed. Those aspects concern political independence, internal culture and news leadership, all issues of pressing concern at the ABC. On political independence, during Marks’s tenure as chief of Nine he hosted a $10,000-a-head fundraising dinner f…

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